Seroprevalence and determinants of hepatitis-c virus infection in blood donors of Lahore, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Akhtar, Abdul Majeed ^a   Khan, M Athar ^a   Ijaz, Tayyaba ^b   Iqbal, Zafar ^a   Rana, Muhammad Younus ^c   Maqbool, Azhar ^a   Rehman, Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b MAYO HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c College of Veterinary Sciences Jhang ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Hepatitis C; Prevalence; Risk factors; Screening

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; HEALTH RISK; HEPATITIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS;

LAHORE; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84875859705     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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